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Books on: "reading disability" OR "reading disabilities"

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Visual Processes in Reading and Reading Disabilities

Book by Dale M. Willows, Richard S. Kruk, Evelyne M. Corcos; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1993

Subjects:

Reading Disability, Reading, Psychology Of, Visual Perception

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Reading, Psychology of . 2. Reading disability . 3. Visual perception...Relation of Reversal Errors to Reading Disabilities 31 Dale...Processing Deficits in Specific Reading Disability 311 William...
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The Connections between Language and Reading Disabilities

Book by Hugh W. Catts, Alan G. Kamhi; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005

Subjects:

Children--Language--Physiological Aspects--Congresses, Language Disorders In Children--Congresses, Reading Disability--Congresses, Reading--Remedial Teaching--Congresses

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

This book is based on papers presented at a 2003 invitee-only conference. The participants were prominent scholars in the areas of language and reading. The purpose of the gathering was to discuss theoretical issues and research findings concerning the relationship between developmental language and ...
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This book is based on papers presented at a 2003 invitee-only conference. The participants were prominent scholars in the areas of language and reading. The purpose of the gathering was to discuss theoretical issues and research findings concerning the relationship between developmental language and reading disabilities, specifically looking at neurological, behavioural, and genetic factors.
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Children Who Cannot Read: The Analysis of Reading Disabilities and the Use of Diagnostic Tests in the Instruction of Retarded Readers

Book by Marion Monroe; University of Chicago Press, 1932

Subjects:

Children with disabilities, Mental efficiency, Reading (Elementary), Reading, Psychology of

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...examination, and the study of the reading disability was made a part of the clinical...been a special study of reading disability in progress from which their...and Treatment of Cases of Reading Disability , "Genetic Psychology Monographs...
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Off Track: When Poor Readers Become "Learning Disabled"

Book by Louise Spear-Swerling, Robert J. Sternberg; Westview Press, 1996

Subjects:

Learning Disabilities--United States, Reading Disability--United States

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

"There is no more definitive, and readable, account of why we have witnessed a huge increase of reading-disabled studentsand why we are mostly wrong in framing this and many other academic problems as a disability. Spear-Swerling and Sternberg masterfully demonstrate the disconnects between ...
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"There is no more definitive, and readable, account of why we have witnessed a huge increase of reading-disabled studentsand why we are mostly wrong in framing this and many other academic problems as a disability. Spear-Swerling and Sternberg masterfully demonstrate the disconnects between scientific evidence about poor reading and the views pushed by large parts of the learning disabiliyt industry. . . . A must-read for educators and a should-read for everyone interested in education".Albert Shanker, President, American Federation of Teachers.
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What Reading Research Tells Us about Children with Diverse Learning Needs: Bases and Basics

Book by Deborah C. Simmons, Edward J. Kameenui; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998

Subjects:

Reading Disability, Reading--Remedial Teaching, Reading--Research

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...disability, disability, specific reading disability, or learning disability...level, type of learner--reading disability, poor reader, language...Bawden H. 1992 . Reading disabilities and aggression: A critical...

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Journal Articles on: "reading disability" OR "reading disabilities"

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The Validity of a Response-to-Instruction Paradigm to Identify Reading Disabilities: A Longitudinal Analysis of Individual Differences and Contextual Factors

Journal article by Lisa Pericola Case, Deborah L. Speece, Dawn Eddy Molloy; School Psychology Review, Vol. 32, 2003

Subjects:

Reading disability, Reading disability--Research, Reading disability--Testing, Reading disorders--Research, Reading disorders--Testing

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...1994). Cognitive profiles of reading disability: Comparisons of discrepancy...Capute (Eds.), Specific reading disability: A view of the spectrum...approach to identifying early reading disability. Journal of Educational Psychology...
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Not All Students Learn to Read by Third Grade: Middle School Students Speak out about Their Reading Disabilities

Journal article by Audrey D. Mccray, Sharon Vaughn, La Vonne I. Neal; Journal of Special Education, Vol. 35, 2001

Subjects:

Disabled students--Attitudes, Learning disabilities--Psychological aspects, Perception in children--Research, Reading disability--Psychological aspects

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...interviewed about their reading disability and instruction in reading...students (one student with reading disabilities who was receiving special...and one student without reading disabilities) to (a) detect questions...
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Reading Outcomes for Students with and without Reading Disabilities in General Education Middle-School Content Area Classes

Journal article by Diane Pedrotty Bryant, Sharon Vaughn, Sylvia Linan-Thompson, Nicole Ugel, Allison Hamff, Marty Hougen; Learning Disability Quarterly, Vol. 23, 2000

Subjects:

Reading comprehension--Case studies, Reading disability--Case studies, Reading--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...of the total school demographics. Participants included 14 students with reading disabilities (LD) in reading (reading disability). School district criteria for identifying a specific learning disability in reading included a discrepancy of...
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Children with Reading Disabilities: Does Dynamic Assessment Help in the Classification?

Journal article by H. Lee Swanson, Crystal B. Howard; Learning Disability Quarterly, Vol. 28, 2005

Subjects:

Elementary school students--Testing, Learning disabled persons--Testing, Learning disabled--Testing, Reading disability--Measurement, Reading disability--Research, Reading disorders--Measurement, Reading disorders--Research

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Cognitive profiles of reading disability: Comparisons of discrepancy...achievers and children with reading disabilities: A selective meta-analytic...profile of children with reading disabilities: A regression-based test...
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Language Abilities in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Reading Disabilities, and Normal Controls

Journal article by Karen L. Purvis, Rosemary Tannock; Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Vol. 25, 1997

Subjects:

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder--Psychological aspects, Child psychopathology--Research, Language disorders in children--Psychological aspects, Reading disability--Psychological aspects

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...criteria for a diagnosis of reading disability (August Garfinkel, 1989...the diagnosis of ADHD and reading disability (ADHD + RD), eight had a...possible that the basis for the reading disability in ADHD + RD children is...

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Magazine Articles on: "reading disability" OR "reading disabilities"

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Literacy? It's Really Very Simple

Magazine article by Francis Beckett; New Statesman, Vol. 129, April 10, 2000

Subjects:

Clay, Marie--Conduct of life, College teachers--Conduct of life, Education--Education, Reading disability--England

Collections: Education, Entire Library
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Revamping Special Education

Magazine article by Wade F. Horn, Douglas Tynan; Public Interest, Summer 2001

Subjects:

Disabled children--Education, Education and state--Finance, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Social policy--Planning, Special education--Laws, regulations, etc.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...fact that she had standardized reading test scores in the average range, she had successfully compensated for her reading disability. What this case illustrates is that special education has largely lost sight of the appropriate "end game." As...
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Building Responsibility for Learning in Students with Special Needs

Magazine article by Karen Karp, Philip Howell; Teaching Children Mathematics, Vol. 11, October 2004

Subjects:

Individualized instruction--Analysis, Mathematics--Study and teaching, Special needs students--Education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...American Psychiatric Association, 2000. Badian, Nathalie. "Persistent Arithmetic, Reading or Arithmetic and Reading Disability." Annuals of Dyslexia 49 (1999): 45-70. Carnine, Douglas. "Instructional Design in Mathematics for Students with...
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Accommodating Practices

Magazine article by Steve Henry; School Administrator, Vol. 56, November 1999

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...is assessing his math skills rather than the identified reading disability. Some have argued that accommodations should produce a...modifications. Consider the example above of the student with a reading disability. It may be diagnostically useful to read out loud passages...
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Privacy of School Grades

Magazine article by David C. Slade; World and I, Vol. 17, January 2002

Subjects:

Educational tests and measurements--Laws, regulations and rules, Educational tests--Laws, regulations and rules, Elementary school students--Testing, Privacy, Right of--Cases, Right of privacy--Cases

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...students would return swapped tests and call out their own scores to the teacher, who wrote them down. Due to Philips reading disability, more often than not his marks were significantly lower than those of the rest of the students. His classmates often called...

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Newspaper Articles on: "reading disability" OR "reading disabilities"

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High School's Music Department to Present Holiday Concert

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 22, 2006

Subjects:

Concerts

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...meeting this month on reading disabilities. "Is It a Reading Disability or Just a Developmental Lag?" is scheduled for...and what parents should do when they suspect a reading disability. Paldo, who holds a masters degree in learning...
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Community Asked to Help Mom, 3 Kids Pay the Bills

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 4, 2007

Subjects:

Children

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Salazar, an elementary school psychologist, at their next meeting Tuesday. The discussion, titled "Do you suspect a reading disability? How children will be assessed under new federal law," will help parents look for signs and find treatments for...
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Educators Endorse 'Invented Spelling'

Newspaper article by Carol Innerst; The Washington Times, March 19, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Phonics and whole language support each other," she said. A Texas reading consultant who has a child with a reading disability called the panels report another example of "over-investigating something while failing to act." "Changing belief...
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Boys Twice as Likely to Suffer from Dyslexia

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 14, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...as likely as girls to suffer from reading disabilities such as dyslexia, according to new...that more boys were identified with reading disabilities simply because they were more likely...studies about 20 per cent of boys had reading disabilities compared with about 11 per cent...
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Colleges Provide Lift over Learning Hurdles

Newspaper article by Paula Gray Hunker; The Washington Times, August 2, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...United States have some type of learning disability. This designation covers a wide range of problems - from dyslexia, a reading disability in which letters may be transposed, to dyscalculia, in which students struggle with math. Federal law since the early...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: "reading disability" OR "reading disabilities"

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Dyslexia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...PET), recent studies have offered strong evidence that dyslexia is located in the brain. Damage to the brain can cause a reading disability similar to dyslexia, known as acquired dyslexia or alexia. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition...

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